Questions tagged [eshell]
Eshell is a shell-like command interpreter implemented in Emacs Lisp.
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Error in custom eshell function (exit and close window)
I got the below function from an article on howardism.org. Its purpose is to exit eshell and close the corresponding window.
;; GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.10) of ...
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eshell grep thinks options are patterns on windows
I'm using Emacs on windows, and was trying to run grep from within eshell (M-x eshell). The default shell through M-x is cmd.exe, but eshell has linux utilities so I'm trying to use eshell.
Now, ...
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(comint-magic-space) in Eshell
I like to interact with the history of my bash commands. For instance, !?python would run the last command that contains python. Since the outcome is quite unpredictable, I often expand it before ...
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Am I missing something on eshell piping to an elisp function?
I use emacs on a lot of different types of machines during the day, so I'm toying with writing some elisp scripts to avoid managing 4 scripting environments.
Specifically, I'm writing an elisp ...
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How to launch term at startup in Emacs?
I need to have Emacs open a terminal at start-up automatically (in order to use Fish in the terminal and use Emacs to for example search the Fish output).
Normally I do this with 'M-x term'.
Is ...
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How do I make file paths clickable/navigable in Shell as described in the documentation?
For the life of me, I cannot get this functionality to work:
https://wikemacs.org/wiki/Shell#Make_file_paths_clickable
I've run (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'compilation-shell-minor-mode) in my .emacs ...
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Use Eshell with Tramp, from a Windows computer to a Linux server
I use a Windows computer to control servers through Tramp (with plink).
Here's my setup:
(setq explicit-shell-file-name "/bin/bash")
(setq default-directory "/plink:user@server:~")
Now when I run M-...
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Missing color support (for exa) in eshell
I just started using eshell. But the color support for some commands seems to be missing. For example I like to use the command exa, because of its nice colors. But in eshell it is all black.
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Terminal (shell) side by side with editor, how to navigate back and forth?
I am new to Emacs. I can invoke a shell or eshell using M-x shell or M-x eshell. This created a shell and I can run executables from it. By default, this shell is in the same window as my source ...
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how to do command substitution in eshell generally (NOT just for loop)
How to do command substitution à la Bash in Eshell, and not just for loops? (Unfortunately, while this question asks my question, its answer only provides Eshell for-loop syntax. So please don't dupe ...
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How to store an eshell alias in `init.el`?
I like to keep my configuration as self-contained as possible, and I'm wondering whether there's a way to manage eshell aliases in my .emacs file. Is it possible to set up aliases with a function call ...
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pdb within eshell up/down keys dont work
I am running python3 in eshell.
When I use import pdb; pdb.set_trace() in my code, pdb opens within eshell.
Everything works in pdb but the up/down keys don't work for running the previous command. ...
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Why eshell lists my host environment variables when I am connected to other machine via ssh?
I am connected to another machine using tramp and my eshell does send all the commands to remote machine but when I do echo $PATH it prints me my local PATH. Why?
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How to execute external commands from an Eshell script
I would like to create an elisp function such as
(defun script()
(run "bash" "-c" "echo 1; sleep 3; echo 2")
(eshell-print "Done"))
From an Eshell, its execution should look like:
eshell $ ...
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comint: show the original input when match-cycling through history
Currently, I have bindings for comint-previous-matching-input-from-input and comint-next-matching-input-from-input.
My problem is this. Suppose I am on a prompt with some text (say, "x = ") and issue ...
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How to redirect output from eshell to any open buffer in Emacs?
I have my eshell opened in a window and in another window I have *Scratch* as a open buffer. I want to redirect the output of a command like say ls to *Scratch*. Is it possible? If yes, then how can I ...
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grep -l: Shouldn't I be able to load the files?
Example in eshell:
$ cd ~/src/Sporth
$ grep -rl Name *
I get as output:
-*- mode: grep; default-directory: "~/src/Sporth/" -*-
Grep started at Fri Feb 1 17:07:41
grep -n -rl Name LICENSE Makefile ...
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eShell Aliases – How to `grep` Forward Slashes
In Bash, I have an alias of ls -Ap | grep --color=always /$ that grabs the directories of the current directory, more or less.
That said, using the same as an alias in Emacs's eShell seems to not ...
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Cannot run entr from eshell
I'm running Spacemacs and have eshell enabled. I want to run the elixir tests every time I change any files in the directory.
This is the command I'm running
ls * | entr elixir bob_test.exs
This ...
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How to interpolate current path in eshell
In eshell when I do
$ echo "$(pwd)credentials.json"
Directory /Users/gmauer/../credentials.json
I get that Directory prefix. I'm assuming that it is because eshell reimplements pwd to return some ...
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Eshell command in another window keeping focus in the working one
Ho can I run an eshell command in another window keeping focus in the working one?
Let's say I'm scanning a buffer searching for a regexp (to be precise an URL) and every time I find it I want to ...
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How to use separate versions of a language/runtime with two separate eshells?
I have two eshell buffers: esh1 and esh2.
In esh1, I want to use a particular Node version, say 6.0.0. In esh2, I want to use a different Node version, say 8.0.0.
Using a node version manager called ...
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How to force new `shell` to appear in current window?
Whenever I run M-x shell, a buffer appears almost randomly somewhere - splitting current windows as it sees fit. I cannot work out the logic behind it.
The docstring says:
(shell &optional ...
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eshell: Is there a built-in mechanism to permit an alias to process the ARGS?
I would like to set up a few straight alias (without fixed ARGS) for some external executables in Eshell that need access to the command-line ARGS (that will vary). The function eshell-maybe-replace-...
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eshell: How to create a git diff patch using the greater-than > symbol
Eshell does not seem to have built-in support for the greater-than symbol. How can I run the command: git diff SHA1234567890 > patch.diff
I could run a separate shell command ...
(start-process ...
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How to make eshell use zsh's zhistory?
I want to try eshell, but I heavily relay on the zsh's history commands, which is in ~/.zhistory. How can I let eshell read these commands?
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emacs start with eshell focused using .emacs config file
It's possible to start emacs with an eshell buffer focused using the -f flag as described in this question.
> emacs -nw -f "eshell"
I'm wondering if there's a way of launching eshell and focusing ...
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How to reverse eshell direction?
Ref: https://superuser.com/questions/209394/reversed-terminal-command-line-window
How to solve that ^ problem for eshell?
Such that, typing any command at the command prompt and pressing return, ...
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eshell print time and exit status for every command
fish shell (and zsh) let you register commands that run before and after every command.
I have my shell configured to print the exit status if nonzero and the amount of time taken to execute the ...
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Eshell - ./hello command not found(gcc)
emacs was installed by Msys32 on Win7 32bit!
gcc can't run hello.c on eshell but on minibuffer, Why?
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Customize eshell redirection to buffer
In eshell I can redirect the output of a command (foo) to a buffer (bar) by inputting:
foo > #<buffer bar>
I want to customize this syntax the following way:
foo > #bar
Is it possible ...
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Eshell - confusion about weird order of evaluation in Haskell on Windows
I have wasted several hours trying to fix simple Haskell program where I tried to ask the user to enter a string and then display it.
The program looks like that:
main = do
putStrLn "Enter ...
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Add to eshell-predicate-alist fails
I would like to add to the eshell-predicate-alist in my ~/.emacs.d/init.el file as described in https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/complete-guide-mastering-eshell and http://www.howardism.org/...
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Run interactive shell script in new buffer using elisp
I am looking for a way to display and interact with long running shell scripts in a separate buffer. While using eshell works, I'd like to automate most shell tasks using elisp.
The best way I came ...
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How to set eshell's ls command to different program in different OS?
Since result of /usr/bin/ls is more neat compares with eshell/ls when filenames contain non-lattin Unicodes. I add an alias in ~/.emacs.d/eshell/alias, which makes eshell use /usr/bin/ls as default:
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Shell IO Behavior For Emacs' Shells
The GNU page for Eshell says that
Eshell is not a replacement for system shells such as bash or zsh. Use Eshell when you want to move text between Emacs and external processes; if you only want to ...
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Eshell simple echo in parenthesis not working
Why doesn't the following work in eshell
$ (echo "foo")
Symbol's function definition is void: echo
What I tried:
googled eshell parenthesis not working
More Context:
Eventually I'm trying to ...
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setup shell to default eshell
I am new to Spacemacs and eshell.
I try to open eshell via the default shortcut key SPC ' but it opens the bash shell:
[wolfv@localhost ~]
$ message "hello"
bash: message: command not found...
I ...
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Exec format error when trying to run scripts from eshell
i get the following error no matter which simple bash script i try to run
emacs: /home/zeltak/bin/zbak.sh: Exec format error
all the scripts work great from bash/zsh
is this a known issue? cant you ...
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Emacs shell mode showing unwanted char
my emacs shell mode screen shot ...
Normal shell looks like this...
I have .emacs file empty..
emacs version 24.5.1
I already tried this
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20663005/why-does-...
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Running a command in term from eshell with arguments
Basically I want to run watch from eshell.
Simply running watch date (for example) doesn't work (only the first header line is displayed). Apparently I should run it with term or ansi-term but these ...
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Does eshell support directory-stack expansion ala bash?
Does eshell support directory-stack expansion ala bash ?
bash> pushd dir
bash> ls ~-1
<Outputs contents of dir>
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(How) can I emulate {eshell,comint}-output-filter-functions in term?
What I want to do from inside a term shell is have a function called when there is new output or a certain regexp (e.g. a prompt) appears in in a term's output. The callback function should then be ...
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Setting E-Shell Alias
In my emacs alias file located at .emacs.d/eshell/alias, I have the following:
alias mv mv -v $*
Whenever I execute the alias in eshell, for example: mv from_here.txt to_here.text, I get the error:
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Saving raw ANSI escape codes in M-x shell, M-x eshell, or M-x term
Each of M-x shell, M-x eshell, and M-x term in Emacs lets me save the buffer to a text file. But the terminal colors are not saved. How do I save the raw ANSI escape sequences too?
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Is there a way to use strings to name eshells
I know a numeric prefix will create (or switch to) a new eshell session with that number. Is there a way to assign a string instead of a number?
For example, normally I get the following:
*eshell*&...
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How to do 'Hello World' in Emacs-LISP on Eshell and display evaluation in shell area itself, instead of echo area or *message* Buffer?
I am new to Emacs and struggling to learn it.
How to get rid of the line Emacs: command not found?
~/Documents $ eshell-source-file hello.el
Emacs: command not found
Hello World
~/...
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Better aliases in eshell
I'm trying to translate some useful aliases from zsh to eshell (because ansi-term sucks).
This is one such alias: alias l "ls -lAh $*"
I want this to be able to receive any number of arguments (...
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Command to Run (Eval) “Hello World” in ELISP on Eshell?
I am new to Emacs and ELISP
A file (message "Hello World") saved as hello.el.
Now, how to run (evaluate) this file on Eshell?
~/Documents $ ....... hello.el
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utf-8 characters with eshell, eshell-visual-subcommands, and git
Using the configuration
(eval-after-load "em-term"
'(progn
(add-to-list 'eshell-visual-subcommands '("git" "diff" "help" "log" "show"))
(add-to-list 'eshell-visual-options '("git" "--help"...
